Texas wants a judge to approve any new ChatGPT model before Texans can use it Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued OpenAI and Sam Altman last Friday. He's asking the court to ban ChatGPT for minors in Texas and block any new AI models for Texas users "unless an independent, court-approved third-party evaluator examines its safety rails and approves its release." The petition says that the free version of ChatGPT "does not have any gating or age verification mechanism" and that its tens of thousands of users in Texas are under 13. She accuses OpenAI of deceiving users about the safety of the chatbots. Texas is seeking $10,000 in civil penalties for each violation and a jury trial. Privacy advocates point out that the remedy means ID checks, which transmit even more personal data.

Texas wants a judge to approve any new ChatGPT model before Texans can use it Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued OpenAI and Sam Altman last Friday. He's asking the court to ban ChatGPT for minors in Texas and block any new AI models for Texas users "unless an independent, court-approved third-party evaluator examines its safety rails and approves its release." The petition says that the free version of ChatGPT "does not have any gating or age verification mechanism" and that its tens of thousands of users in Texas are under 13. She accuses OpenAI of deceiving users about the safety of the chatbots. Texas is seeking $10,000 in civil penalties for each violation and a jury trial. Privacy advocates point out that the remedy means ID checks, which transmit even more personal data.